Crying to Dr. Drew because son got waitlisted

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I listened to the podcast. No way those facts were all true. No one would reveal themselves that way.

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Anonymous wrote:Did I miss the link to this podcast?

Google "Adam and Dr. Drew Show."

Which Episode # was it?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

I wouldn't want to go to a school in that area that isn't Harvard or MIT.

I just simply don't understand this mentality at all. I had interaction with 2 Harvard students last year and I was flabbergasted at how utterly incompetent they were in life. I won't go into details because I will out myself and them, but suffice it to say that I feel for any of their future employers. Truest example of "book smart and life stupid" that I have ever met!

I have family members who attend graduate school in Boston (not at Harvard or MIT) and they are extremely smart people who are very happy with their education. Don't knock the other schools in the Boston area. Boston is a great town because of all of the smart and educated people who are there and most of them do not attend Harvard or MIT.

Oh and those saying that BC is a mediocre school simply don't know what they are talking about!

Seriously. Knocking an educational institution is so coarse and trashy. How can you possibly look down on any institution that educates people, for crying out loud, whether it's Harvard or Bob's School of Trucking? Is trying to teach people with the purpose of improving their lives and, ultimately, the world supposed to be a bad thing? Are we supposed to look down on any person trying to learn? So what if they're not as "smart" or "fancy" as you think they should be? Should they not try to improve themselves? And these schools that you're looking down on are doing it with far fewer resources than the institutions you're slobbering over. Is that what Harvard and MIT have taught you? Not a very good education, if so.

Also, say you attended Harvard or MIT. What if your child or grandchild didn't get in? Would you look down on them?

So sad, so pathetic. So very insecure.

excellent post pp.

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Boston College is an excellent university. They have great teachers, a beautiful campus, and it is in a nice city. The only negative about the school is that it is very expensive. People who put down schools like BC are some of the most superficial people on the planet. There are kids all over the world that can't even get an education and crazy status obsessed people here put down a school like BC is just sick.

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Anonymous wrote:Boston College is an excellent university. They have great teachers, a beautiful campus, and it is in a nice city. The only negative about the school is that it is very expensive. People who put down schools like BC are some of the most superficial people on the planet. There are kids all over the world that can't even get an education and crazy status obsessed people here put down a school like BC is just sick.

Whatever the merits of BC, your statement does not make any sense. It is like saying "When there are so many sick people in the world who cannot even run a hundred yards, Olympic athletes who spend hours practicing to run faster are just sick." Er, no.

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Anonymous wrote:Boston College is an excellent university. They have great teachers, a beautiful campus, and it is in a nice city. The only negative about the school is that it is very expensive. People who put down schools like BC are some of the most superficial people on the planet. There are kids all over the world that can't even get an education and crazy status obsessed people here put down a school like BC is just sick.

Whatever the merits of BC, your statement does not make any sense. It is like saying "When there are so many sick people in the world who cannot even run a hundred yards, Olympic athletes who spend hours practicing to run faster are just sick." Er, no.

Olympic athletes? My don't we have a high opinion of oneself and your fellow BC haters.

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Ha. Spending your entire childhood trying to get into an Ivy is like training for the Olympics. Does not sound like much of a childhood to me. BC and thousands of other schools are good enough for a good life!

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. Spending your entire childhood trying to get into an Ivy is like training for the Olympics. Does not sound like much of a childhood to me. BC and thousands of other schools are good enough for a good life!

Yes, "good enough".

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. Spending your entire childhood trying to get into an Ivy is like training for the Olympics. Does not sound like much of a childhood to me. BC and thousands of other schools are good enough for a good life!

Yes, "good enough".

Are you the original call-in woman? Please come out from behind the curtain.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. Spending your entire childhood trying to get into an Ivy is like training for the Olympics. Does not sound like much of a childhood to me. BC and thousands of other schools are good enough for a good life!

Yes, "good enough".

Yes- Good enough because there is no such thing as "the best" or a perfect life.

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Anonymous wrote:Did I miss the link to this podcast?

Google "Adam and Dr. Drew Show."

Which Episode # was it?

It was episode #330 "Sugar Baby."

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I'm a good enough mother with a good enough job living in a good enough house in a good enough neighborhood with good enough schools. Good enough colleges are okay with me.

I have more than a good enough salary and more than a good enough amount of happiness and love in my home. My kids are happy, healthy, and have bright futures. It's all good.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

I wouldn't want to go to a school in that area that isn't Harvard or MIT.

There are more than 250,000 college students in the greater Boston area. Less than 10 percent of them are at Harvard or MIT.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

I wouldn't want to go to a school in that area that isn't Harvard or MIT.

There are more than 250,000 college students in the greater Boston area. Less than 10 percent of them are at Harvard or MIT.

Less than 5 percent of them are undergrads at Harvard or MIT.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I think it is sad. There is a lot of pressure to get your kids "on the right path". And since 2008, the hob market has sucked and is just now kind of recovering. So, it makes sense to me that the mom wants the best for her kid. BC is ok, but not great. If she paid a ton for private school, then she is going to be bummed the kid ended up at BC. My guess is she did. Otherwise, BC is fine coming from a public high school.

WOW, good enough for a public school kid but not if you paid for private. You brought this to a whole new level of absurd.